Wits Pro VC: Climate, Sustainability & Inequality Seminar 2: Planetary Health by Prof Pim Martens

Wits Pro VC: Climate, Sustainability and Inequality Seminar 2: Planetary Health by Professor Pim Martens

Pim Martens, a Professor of Planetary Health and Sustainable Development at Maastricht University College in the Netherlands says planetary health must be foremost on all agendas because the ill-treatment of animals and delicate ecosystems plays havoc with human health. The self-proclaimed ‘scientivist’ who integrates his scientific knowledge with advocacy for nature and animals,  spoke at the Wits Rural Facility in Limpopo as a guest of the Wits Rural Knowledge Hub and the Office of the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Pro-VC) for Climate, Sustainability and Inequality at Wits University. Martens’ presentation Planetary health: How climate change and biodiversity loss change the equation, was the second in a series coordinated by the Office of the Pro VC.

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